Tag: Su-27UB
On receiving orders to force the intruder down at Neevenskoye AB Pilot 1st Class Capt. Andrey N. Oleynik rocked his wings, giving the 'follow me' signal. The L-29 pilot, however, started reducing speed in the hope that the fighter would overshoot… At 1438 hrs Moscow time on Jan. 15, 1998 a Baltic Fleet/Kaliningrad...
The Su-27 Flanker never came anywhere near getting a single kill against any Western type of aircraft. Caught myself reading some internet article
about the Su-27 Flanker, and what a über-super-turbo fighter jet it is... or
should be. Sure, serious people are always going to advise me, 'Tom, but
everybody knows one can't trust the internet'....
The video in this post features the so called ‘Su-27 Mirgorod Pyramid.’ Taken at Mirgorod Air Base, Ukraine, on May 26, 1997 the video in this post features the so called ‘Su-27 Mirgorod Pyramid.’ This one of a kind accident took place when Su-27UB ’68 Blue’ jumped chocks during...
Lt. Col. Seth “Jethro” Nehring was serving as the Operations Officer in the Joint Operations Center, meaning he was the liaison between the exercise director, Maj. Gen. Garrison and all flying operations The 144th Fighter Wing (FW) has released the name and picture of the pilot involved in the crash of a Ukrainian Su-27UB that took place on Oct. 16, 2018. "It’s...
The Su-27UB crash took place during Clear Sky 2018 joint multinational exercise A U.S. pilot was among two crew who died when a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27UB fighter jet crashed during a training flight on Oct. 16, 2018 the U.S. Air Force (USAF) said. “We have seen reports claiming a U.S. casualty and can confirm a U.S. service member was involved in this...
